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▶ 13:29 · $EVERTRACE · Evertrace scales to 200+ VC funds with 3-person team, stays angel-funded
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Scaling Europe

Evertrace helps early stage funds identify new investment opportunities: Jacob Houlberg, Evertrace

2026-06-18 · 4 company · 3 thematic
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jacob houlberg

Co-founder of Evertrace, a founder detection platform for early-stage VCs. Former Bain consultant working with private equity clients. Built Evertrace to 200+ VC fund customers with a 3-person team, angel-funded only, profitable.

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“So first of all it's it's a very good question right and something we also continue internally evaluate. Um so if we just start with kind of like our funding journey we're very deliberate about not taking on VC money and only taking on ang…”
—jacob houlberg
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